Indische Palaographie von circa 350 a. Chr. – circa 1300 p. Chr. c26.s1: § 113. Nepal
Indische Paläographie von circa 350 a. Chr. – circa 1300 p. Chr. c26.s1
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§ 113. Nepal
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— The earliest coins peculiar to Nepal are large copper pieces which bear some resemblance to the second class of Yaudheya coins — a resemblance no doubt due to a common origin from the coins of the Kuṣaṇas (v. sup. § 60). They appear to extend over a period from the first quarter of the 5^th cent. to the last quarter of the 7^th cent. A.D. Those bearing the name *Mānāṅka* have been attributed to Mānadevavarman, c. 425 A.D., and those reading *Guṇāṅka* to his successor Guṇakāmadevavarman, c. 450 A.D. These names occur only on the coins and in the native dynastic lists. No mention of them has yet been found in inscrr. or other dated records. The dates given are, therefore, only approximate. The coins of *Aṃśuvarman* (**Plate V, 1**) and *Jiṣṇugupta* can be dated with more exactness, as both these kings are known from dated inscrr. of the seventh cent. The coins bearing the names *Paśupati* and *Vaiśravaṇa* cannot be accurately dated. These are names of divinities, and it is uncertain by whom the coins were struck; but, from their style and fabric, they would seem to belong to the same period as the others.
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C.CAI. p. 112, Pl. XIII; PE. I, p. 62, Pl. III, 12; JBA. 1865, p. 124, Pl. 15—19; BENDALL, ZDMG. 36, p. 651; SMITH, Proc. BA. 1887, p. 144, Pl. II; HOERNLE, id. 1888, p. 114. For the chronology: BÜHLER, Ind. Ant. 1884, p. 411; S. LÉVI, JA. 1894 (IV), p. 64, places Aṃśuvarman earlier.